Paleontologists have found the remains of a previously unknown species of lizard in a piece of mid-Cretaceous amber excavated in northern Myanmar.
Life...
There are more species of lizards and snakes alive today than any other order of land vertebrates, yet their fossil record has been poorly documented compared...
Scientists have identified two new species of snake-shaped burrowing skinks (genus Anomalopus) living in mid-eastern Queensland, eastern Australia.
Anomalopus...
A new species of extinct skink that lived during the Oligocene epoch has been identified from the fossilized remains found in South Australia.
The swamp...
Australian scientists have described three new lizard species, hidden from humans for millions of years in remote areas of the country.
Three new species...
Scientists from a U.S.-based organization called the Center for Biological Diversity filed a petition seeking Endangered Species Act protection for nine...
Australian National University biologists have found a new species of skink hidden among the sand dunes of Western Australia’s coastline.
The Coastal...
A team of biologists from Penn State University has discovered 24 new species of lizards known as skinks, all from islands in the Caribbean.
The Anguilla...
An international team of biologists has discovered a new species of skink in the northwest region of New Caledonia.
Adult male Caledoniscincus constellatus...
